Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1931–1934

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 13th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1931 election on 19 December 1931. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia James Scullin was defeated by the newly formed opposition United Australia Party (descended from the Nationalist Party of Australia) led by ex-Labor Joseph Lyons with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page.

Member	Party	Electorate	State	Term in office
Hon Aubrey Abbott	Country	Gwydir	NSW	1925–1929, 1931–1937
Hon Frank Anstey	Labor	Bourke	Vic	1910–1934
Hon Frank Baker	Labor	Oxley	Qld	1931–1939
Hon Jack Beasley	Lang Labor	West Sydney	NSW	1928–1946
George Bell	UAP	Darwin	Tas	1919–1922, 1925–1943
Archibald Blacklow	UAP	Franklin	Tas	1931–1934
Arthur Blakeley	Labor	Darling	NSW	1917–1934
Stanley Bruce^[1]	UAP	Flinders	Vic	1918–1929, 1931–1933
Malcolm Cameron	UAP	Barker	SA	1922–1934
Hon Richard Casey	UAP	Corio	Vic	1931–1940, 1949–1960
John Clasby^[2]	UAP	East Sydney	NSW	1931–1932
Thomas Collins	Country	Hume	NSW	1931–1943
Bernard Corser	Country	Wide Bay	Qld	1928–1954
Dick Dein	UAP	Lang	NSW	1931–1934, 1935–1941 (S)
Samuel Dennis	UAP	Batman	Vic	1931–1934
James Fairbairn^[1]	UAP	Flinders	Vic	1933–1940
Hon James Fenton	UAP	Maribyrnong	Vic	1910–1934
Hon Frank Forde	Labor	Capricornia	Qld	1922–1946
Hon Josiah Francis	UAP	Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Moses Gabb	Independent	Angas	SA	1919–1925, 1929–1934
Joe Gander	Lang Labor	Reid	NSW	1931–1940
Sydney Gardner	UAP	Robertson	NSW	1922–1940
Hon William Gibson	Country	Corangamite	Vic	1918–1929, 1931–1934
Hon Albert Green	Labor	Kalgoorlie	WA	1922–1940
Roland Green	Country	Richmond	NSW	1922–1937
Hon Henry Gregory	Country	Swan	WA	1913–1940
Hon Sir Littleton Groom	Independent/UAP	Darling Downs	Qld	1901–1929, 1931–1936
Hon Sir Henry Gullett	UAP	Henty	Vic	1925–1940
Hon Allan Guy	UAP	Bass	Tas	1929–1934, 1940–1946
Eric Fairweather Harrison	UAP	Bendigo	Vic	1931–1937
Eric Harrison	UAP	Wentworth	NSW	1931–1956
Hon Charles Hawker	UAP	Wakefield	SA	1929–1938
Hon William Hill	Country	Echuca	Vic	1919–1934
Hon Jack Holloway	Labor	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1929–1951
Hon William Holman	UAP	Martin	NSW	1931–1934
Rt Hon Billy Hughes	UAP	North Sydney	NSW	1901–1952
James Hunter	Country	Maranoa	Qld	1921–1940
Arthur Hutchin	UAP	Denison	Tas	1931–1934
William Hutchinson	UAP	Indi	Vic	1931–1949
Rowley James	Lang Labor	Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
John Jennings	UAP	South Sydney	NSW	1931–1940
Albert Lane	UAP	Barton	NSW	1931–1940
Rt Hon John Latham	UAP	Kooyong	Vic	1922–1934
George Lawson	Labor	Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
John Lawson	UAP	Macquarie	NSW	1931–1940
Rt Hon Joseph Lyons	UAP	Wilmot	Tas	1929–1939
Hon George Mackay	UAP	Lilley	Qld	1917–1934
Norman Makin	Labor	Hindmarsh	SA	1919–1946, 1954–1963
William Maloney	Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1904–1940
Hon Charles Marr	UAP	Parkes	NSW	1919–1929, 1931–1943
George Martens	Labor	Herbert	Qld	1928–1946
George Maxwell	UAP	Fawkner	Vic	1917–1935
Philip McBride	UAP	Grey	SA	1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958
Hugh McClelland	Country	Wimmera	Vic	1931–1937
Charles McGrath	UAP	Ballaarat	Vic	1913–1919, 1920–1934
Walter McNicoll	United Country	Werriwa	NSW	1931–1934
Walter Nairn	UAP	Perth	WA	1929–1943
Harold George Nelson^[3]	Labor	Northern Territory	NT	1922–1934
Horace Nock	Country	Riverina	NSW	1931–1940
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page	Country	Cowper	NSW	1919–1961
Hon Archdale Parkhill	UAP	Warringah	NSW	1927–1937
Hon Thomas Paterson	Country	Gippsland	Vic	1922–1943
Hon John Perkins	UAP	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1926–1929, 1931–1943
John Price	UAP	Boothby	SA	1928–1941
John Prowse	Country	Forrest	WA	1919–1943
Edward Charles Riley	Labor	Cook	NSW	1922–1934
Darby Riordan	Labor	Kennedy	Qld	1929–1936
Sol Rosevear	Lang Labor	Dalley	NSW	1931–1953
Thomas Scholfield	UAP	Wannon	Vic	1931–1940
Rt Hon James Scullin	Labor	Yarra	Vic	1910–1913, 1922–1949
Fred Stacey	UAP	Adelaide	SA	1931–1943
Hon Frederick Stewart	UAP	Parramatta	NSW	1931–1946
Victor Thompson	Country	New England	NSW	1922–1940
Hon Harold Thorby	Country	Calare	NSW	1931–1940
Eddie Ward^[2]	Lang Labor	East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
Hon David Watkins	Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1901–1935
William Watson	Independent	Fremantle	WA	1922–1928, 1931–1934
Hon Thomas White	UAP	Balaclava	Vic	1929–1951

Notes

^ ^a ^b UAP member Stanley Bruce resigned on 6 October 1933 to be appointed Australian High Commissioner to London; UAP candidate James Fairbairn won the resulting by-election on 11 November.
^ ^a ^b UAP member John Clasby died on 15 January 1932; Lang Labor candidate Eddie Ward won the resulting by-election on 6 February.
^ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.

References

Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Thirteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1934.
"Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.

[Bruce-1] UAP member Stanley Bruce resigned on 6 October 1933 to be appointed Australian High Commissioner to London; UAP candidate James Fairbairn won the resulting by-election on 11 November.

[Clasby-2] UAP member John Clasby died on 15 January 1932; Lang Labor candidate Eddie Ward won the resulting by-election on 6 February.

[actnt-3] At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.

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